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Lord my God, how great you are.œ Kontakion& œ of Barnabasœ œ - Tone˙ 3. œ w 2 of your a - pos - tle. Alleluia# (Psalm 44:5,8): & œ ˙ œ œ œ W œ ˙ œ œ KontakionOœ of BarnabasBar - na - Tone- bas, 3 you became a perfect and faithful serv- antœ of the Lord.˙ # & # œ œ ˙ œ œ œ W œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ & O œ Bar˙ - naœ - œ bas,œ youW became a œperfect and˙ faithfulœ œ serv- ant of theœ ˙Lord.œ Verse: YouGo forth; triumph and reign for the sake of truth and meekness and justice.œ were the first of the seven-ty disœ - ci - ples,˙ worœ -thyœ to be the Verse: You love justice and hate wickedness. # Communion Hymn – For Sunday& œ œ ˙ œ œ œ W (Psalm 148:1): œ œ ˙(music found on pages 78 - 81)œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ You were the first of the seven-ty 26 dis - ci - ples, wor-thy to be the Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise him in the highest. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! 142 26 143 # & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ W œ œ œ œ We hon-or your mem - oœ - ry ˙ and ask that you in-ter- cede with God # & # œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ W œ œ œ œ & Weœ œ hon˙-or your mem - o - ry and ask that you in-ter- cede with God to for give ourœ #œ sins.w # Kontakion& œ ofœ Bartholomew˙ - Tone 4 to for give ourœ #œ sins.w ## & œ œ œ W œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ KontakionO ofA Bartholomew-pos - tle Bartholomew, - Tone 4 the Church has gained you for all time as a bril-liant star, ## & ## œ œ œ W œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ & Oœ AW-pos - tle Bartholomew, theœ Churchœ œhas gainedœ œ you˙ . forœ all ˙time asœ a brilœ -liantœ star,œ en - lightening it with the mul-ti - tude of your mir - a - cles. There-fore, we cry ## œ & ## œ W œ œ œ œ ˙. œ ˙ œ œ œ œ & en˙ - lightening˙ ˙ it œwith Wthe mul-ti - tude of your mir - a - cles.
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